look through

phrasal verb

looked through; looking through; looks through

1

: to read or briefly examine some of the pages of (a book, magazine, etc.)

She was looking through a magazine as she waited in the doctor's office.

2

: to look at the different parts of (a collection or group of things)

I looked through all his letters.

3

: to place one's eyes so as to see through (something)

look through a telescope

4

: to pretend not to see or recognize (someone) in a rude or unfriendly way

We used to be best friends but when she passed me on the street yesterday she looked (right/straight) through me without even saying hello!

Examples of look through in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Set in a series of lattice-strapped vaults, the restaurant looks through arched glass windows out onto Longwood’s fountains. —William O'Connor, Travel + Leisure, 30 Oct. 2024

In the study led by Rentería's Australian institution, 189 researchers looked through DNA data and MRI scans of 74,898 participants from 19 countries. —New Atlas, 25 Oct. 2024

Worse, Mike senses that Danny is looking through the closed coffin back at him. —Jared Del Rosso, The Conversation, 22 Oct. 2024

The second half looks through this lens at the culture wars of the past 50 years, from the explosion of debt in the 1980s to Buchanan’s populist presidential campaign in 1992 to white Christian dread of the loss of political and cultural supremacy. —John Ganz, Foreign Affairs, 22 Oct. 2024